Finnish Railway Museum

Finnish Railway Museum

Suomen Rautatiemuseo
Established	1898
Location	Hyvinkää, Finland
Type	railway museum
Director	Tiina Lehtinen
Owner	Rautatiemuseon Säätiö
Website	rautatiemuseo.fi

A painstakingly restored British 0-6-0 "Neilson and Company" C1 steam locomotive, used in Finland from 1869 well into the 1920s, preserved at the Finnish Railway Museum.

The Finnish Railway Museum (Finnish: Suomen Rautatiemuseo) is located in Hyvinkää, Finland. It was originally founded in 1898 and located in Helsinki. The museum was moved to Hyvinkää in 1974.

The museum is on the original station and yard site of the Hanko–Hyvinkää railway. In addition to the station building, there is a roundhouse and several other preserved buildings, mainly from the 1870s.

Unique objects are on display, including the only surviving imperial train of the Russian Emperor. The locomotives include the British Neilson and Company locomotive (0-6-0 No 1427) dating 1869, a British Beyer Peacock locomotive dating from 1868, and a 2-10-0 steam locomotive Tr2 1319 ALCO No 75214 built 1947, which is one of 20 Russian locomotive class Ye sold to Finland.

The museum also has a live steam backyard railroad track, where train rides are offered to the public during special run days in the summer months.

Museum Locomotives

Image	Class	Number	Wheel arrangement	Type	Manufacturer	Serial number	Built	Notes (including nickname)
	A5	58	4-4-0	Passenger steam locomotive	Helsingfors / VRHki Valtionrautatiet, Helsingin konepaja	2	1875	"Lankkihattu"
	B1	9	0-4-2ST	Shunting steam locomotive	Beyer, Peacock & Co.	846	1868	The oldest preserved locomotive in Finland, "Ram"
	C1	21	0-6-0	Freight steam locomotive	Neilson and Company	1427	1869	The second oldest preserved locomotive in Finland, "Bristollari"
	C5	110	0-6-0	Freight steam locomotive	Hanomag	1477	1882	"Bliksti"
	Sk1	124	2-6-0	Mixed-traffic steam locomotive	Swiss Locomotive and Machine Works	405	1885	"Little Brown"
	F1	132	0-4-4RT	Passenger steam locomotive	Swiss Locomotive and Machine Works	434	1886	"Felix"
	Vk3	489	2-6-4	Local passenger steam locomotive	Tampella Tampereen Pellava- ja Rautateollisuus Oy		1909	"Iita"
	VR Class Hv1	555	4-6-0	Passenger steam locomotive	Tampella Tampereen Pellava- ja Rautateollisuus Oy	264	1915	"Heikki", Hv1 555 only was nicknamed "Princess"
	VR Class Pr1	776	2-8-2T	Local Passenger Steam Locomotive	Tampella Tampereen Pellava- ja Rautateollisuus Oy		1926	"Paikku"
	Sk3	49	2-6-0	Mixed Traffic Locomotive	Tampella Tampereen Pellava- ja Rautateollisuus Oy No 49	400	1903	"Grandmother"
	VR Class Tr1	1033	2-8-2	Freight Steam Locomotive	Tampella Tampereen Pellava- ja Rautateollisuus Oy	503	1941	"Risto"
	VR Class Tr1	1096	2-8-2	Freight Steam Locomotive	Tampella Tampereen Pellava- ja Rautateollisuus Oy	972	1957	"Risto", No 1096 stored
	VR Class Tr2	1319	2-10-0	Heavy Freight Steam Locomotive	ALCO	75214	1947	Nicknamed "Truman". Similar to Russian locomotive class Ye
	VR Class Vk4	68	0-4-0T	Light Replacement Steam Locomotive	Borsig Lokomotiv Werke (AEG)		1910	"Leena", Oldest working broad gauge locomotive in Finland
	VR Class Vr1	669	0-6-0T	Shunting Steam Locomotive	Hannoversche Maschinenbau AG,	10264	1923	"Hen"
	VR Class Vr3	755	0-10-0T	Steam Locomotive	Tampella Tampereen Pellava- ja Rautateollisuus Oy		1926	"Rooster" / 'Cockerel", stored
	VR Class Rro	2	0-4-0T	Narrow Gauge Steam locomotive	Tampella Tampereen Pellava- ja Rautateollisuus Oy	230	1914
	VR Class Tve2 (OTSO2)	8		Small Shunting Engine	Saalasti Oy		1962–1964
	VR Class Dr12		C'C'	Diesel-electric locomotive	Valmet / Terex			The Dr12 was known as the Hr12 until 1976, "Huru"
	VR Class Dr13	2349	C'C'	Diesel-electric locomotive	Alstom, Lokomo, Valmet			“Alsti”, “Alstikka”, “Alspommi”, “Myymäläauto” (“Mobile shop)
	VR Class Hr11	1950	B'B'	Diesel Locomotive	Valmet		1955	stored
	VR Class Vk11	101	B	Petrol-paraffin locomotive	Ab Slipmaterial, Västervik		1930
	VR Class Dm7	4020	(1A)(A1)	Diesel Multiple Unit	Valmet Oy Lentokonetehdas, Tampere (by licens from Hilding Carlssons Mekaniska Verkstad, Umeå, Sweden)	68
	VR Class Ds1	1	1A A1	Diesel Multiple Unit	VR Pasilan Konepaja	3	1928

Gallery

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  Early rail cars at the Finnish Railway Museum. The green car is a Fiat and the black car is a Cadillac.

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  An historical interior of a Waiting Room for Ladies in the Finnish State Railways

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  A 1:8 scale live steam train running on the museum's miniature track.

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  Plaque of the British "Neilson and Company" locomotive at the Museum.

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  The Cab interior of the British "Neilson and Company" locomotive at the Museum.

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  Plaque of The British Beyer Peacock locomotive at the Museum.

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  Builder's Plate 2-6-0 Swiss Locomotive and Machine Works Societe Suisse Locomotive No 405 from 1885 at the Finnish Railway Museum

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  Builder's Plate of Swiss Locomotive and Machine Works Societe Suisse locomotive No 434 of 1886 0-4-4T at the Finnish Railway Museum

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  Builder's Plate of Hannoversche Maschinenbau locomotive No 1477 Class C5 of 1882 0-6-0 at the Finnish Railway Museum

See also

• VR Group
• History of rail transport in Finland
• List of Finnish locomotives
• List of railway museums Worldwide
• Heritage railways
• List of heritage railways
• Restored trains
• Jokioinen Museum Railway
• Hanko–Hyvinkää railway
• VR Class Pr1
• VR Class Hr1
• VR Class Tk3
• VR Class Hr11

External links

• Finnish Railway Museum Official website
• Steam Locomotives in Finland Including the Finnish Railway Museum
• Photographs of Finnish Steam Locomotives
• Youtube video of the Museum miniature railway in use
• Finnish website with locomotive technical data
• Nykarleby Jernväg Museum Railway
• Veturimuseo at Toijala